Monterey County >> Campaign cash is pouring into and out of the District 4 supervisor race between incumbent Jane Parker and former Salinas mayor Dennis Donohue.

Together, the two candidates reported amassing more than half a million dollars in contributions this year, and spending slightly more than they raised in the heated race, according to campaign finance reporting ahead of the June 7 primary.

The reports indicate Donohue has raised nearly $330,000 this year so far through Monday, mostly in the form of large contributions and mostly from agri-business groups. The two largest contributions came from the Monterey County Business Association PAC ($50,000) and the Salinas Valley Leadership Group ($40,000). In all, six agri-business firms contributed $20,000 to Donohue’s campaign, including powerhouses Taylor Fresh Foods, Mann Packing, Church Bros. and D’Arrigo Bros.

At the same time, Donohue’s campaign reported spending more than $280,000, though that only included expenditures through April 23.

Parker, meanwhile, reported raising more than $201,000 through May 21, mostly through dozens of smaller contributions with the exception of $10,000 each from the SEIU 521 PAC and Carmel’s Brigitte Wasserman, $9,250 from Carmel Valley’s Constance Murray, and $7,500 each from Salinas-based Executive Estates Inc. and Holman Building Associates of Pacific Grove.

The Parker campaign also reported spending nearly $254,000 through last week since the beginning of the year.

The campaign has been marked by the revelation that Parker never graduated from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, as she had previously claimed, and complaints by Parker supporters including state Sen. Bill Monning that Donohue had unfairly and inaccurately accused the incumbent of opposing the Central Coast Veterans Cemetery.

By comparison, the District 5 supervisor race between incumbent Dave Potter and retired United Way CEO Mary Adams raised about half that amount at a combined $254,000, with total spending at about $183,000.

Potter’s campaign reported raising about $157,000 through Tuesday since the beginning of the year, including $5,000 each from the Monterey County Business Association PAC and the SEIU 521 PAC, as well as nonmonetary contributions from Armanasco Public Relations, Mike and Omar Bitar of Executive Estates Inc., developer Don Chapin Jr., L&G LLC, Quail Lodge and The Wharf Marketplace. The incumbent had spent about $81,500 through April 23, and had nearly $86,000 left.

Adams’ campaign reported raising nearly $87,000 this year so far through Monday, and spending more than $101,000 through April 23. Top contributors included Amy Anderson, who offered $6,500, the Democratic Women of Monterey County ($5,000), Rider McDowell ($5,000), Richard Silver and Susan Franklin ($3,500 each), and Pebble Beach’s Honest Engine Films at $3,000.

Campaign fundraising in the three-way race for District 1 supervisor between incumbent Fernando Armenta, state Assemblyman Luis Alejo and Salinas City Councilman Tony Barrera was considerably more moderate.

Armenta reported raising nearly $87,000, including about $19,500 in nonmonetary contributions, since the beginning of the year, and spending about $45,000. That leaves about $99,000 in his campaign coffers for a race that is expected to extend past the primary to the Nov. 8 general election provided the trio splits the vote so no candidate garners more than 50 percent.

Alejo’s campaign had collected about $29,000 since the beginning of the year, according to reports, including about $4,500 in nonmonetary contributions from the Alejo for State Senate 2018 campaign account, and spent nearly $60,000.

While Alejo has said he has closed his State Senate account to focus on running for supervisor, reports indicate the account has received three separate contributions in May.